Beau Is Afraid (2023) Film Discussion

The next film we'll discuss is a surreal and darkly comic 'marmite movie' from the provocative writer/director of Hereditary, Midsommar, and Eddington.

A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in Ari Aster's 2023 magnum opus Beau Is Afraid. What begins as a routine trip quickly spirals into a nightmare taking in psychological horror and absurd comedy along the way.

"It’s the kind of movie worth recommending for its ambition alone, merely to witness the audacious result of anxious self-loathing writ large across the silver screen, without an ounce of restraint. That it’s also a remarkably well-crafted horror-comedy is a cherry on top." (IGN)

The film is available to rent on Prime Video and Apple TV.